Camp chairs
I have several different ones bought for different reasons. The black one was the first bought because I needed a chair to sit on on my 21 day canoe trip in Canada and Alaska, 3 years after stroke, 2009. Without it, I wouldn't have a lap to set my plate or bowl on to eat. It is 17 inches up, easy to stand up from.
The blue one is the stadium chair, used at Winnipeg Folk Festival and Stan Rogers Folk Festival. 11 inches up, hard to get up from. Friends usually yank me to an upright position. A nice pillow and it reclines for napping.
The red and gray one I just bought because I needed a chair for backpacking, day trips, and the upcoming DALMAC bike trip to Mackinac. It is 15 inches high and quite easy to get up from. My first try at getting it together took me 30 minutes because you have to stretch the fabric to get it onto the ends of the poles. Finally figured it out by realizing that the back poles were in two pieces and by using my hip and and a lot of practice was able to snap them straight. It is going to stay stretched out for a couple of days so next time it should be easier. 15 inches up, fairly easy to get up from, 2.3 pounds.
I shouldn't have to figure this out all by myself, there are 10s of millions of stroke survivors out there, someone has figured this out before.
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